Rural and Francophone Community Immigration pilots
These pilots offer permanent residence to skilled candidates who want to work and live in one of 18 selected Canadian communities.
Employers can contact their community to get designated and hire in priority sectors.
Apply for permanent residence
Find out if you’re eligible, get a job offer, apply under a pilot program, and get a work permit while you wait.
Become a designated employer
Are you an employer in one of the 18 participating communities?
Participating communities
See the interactive community boundary map
Rural communities
- Pictou County, NS (Boundary map )
- North Bay and Area (Boundary map )
- Sudbury, ON (Boundary map )
- Timmins, ON (Boundary map )
- Sault Ste. Marie, ON (Boundary map )
- Thunder Bay, ON (Boundary map )
- Steinbach, MB (Boundary map )
- Altona/Rhineland, MB (Boundary map )
- Brandon, MB (Boundary map )
- Moose Jaw, SK (Boundary map )
- Claresholm, AB (Boundary map )
- West Kootenay, BC (Boundary map )
- North Okanagan Shuswap, BC (Boundary map )
- Peace Liard, BC (Boundary map )
Francophone communities
- Acadian Peninsula, NB (In French only) (Boundary map )
- Sudbury, ON (Boundary map )
- Timmins, ON (Boundary map )
- Superior East Region, ON (Boundary map )
- St. Pierre Jolys, MB (Boundary map )
- Kelowna, BC (Boundary map )
Other immigration options
Express Entry
Express Entry provides a faster way for skilled workers to settle in Canada.